<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A motorbike rider has allegedly been clocked by </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/police" rel="" target="" title="police"><span>police</span></a><span> speeding at 300km/h on a </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/victoria" rel="" target="" title="Victorian"><span>Victorian</span></a><span> freeway.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Officers first detected a motorcycle speeding along the Princes Freeway in Lara about 10pm yesterday.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The police helicopter was called in a short time later as the the rider weaved through streets in North Geelong, Corio and Ocean Grove, allegedly hitting speeds of up to 300km/h.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/loans-for-electric-cars-surge-90-percent-in-one-month-amid-fuel-crisis/4322fd87-4e92-4680-99d2-3c9753d56603" target="_blank"><strong><span>Loans for electric cars surge 90 percent in one month amid fuel crisis</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The motorcycle can be heard, and briefly seen, on CCTV from a nearby home flying down a local road.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It came to a stop outside a home on Christies Road in Leopold about 10.30pm and a 27-year-old man was arrested.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He has since been charged with dangerous conduct endangering life as well as several other traffic offences.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/geelong-motorcycle-rider-clocks-hitting-speed-of-300-kmh-during-police-pursuit/27204a8a-280a-4f75-ab9d-95530e24054a" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The man was bailed to appear before Geelong Magistrates' Court on May 8.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The motorcycle was impounded at a cost of $1305.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The police pursuit coincided with a Victorian Liberal Party pledge to crack down on offenders involved in car chases if they are elected at the November state election.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>There's currently three offence types related to police pursuits, with varying penalties ranging from fines to jail time.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The Liberal Party pledged to add a fourth offence, which would lower the threshold to lock offenders up.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/pope-leo-says-donald-trump-iran-war-remarks-unacceptable/42a49f61-3a3d-4fe6-aa74-c2be5b655a48" target="_blank"><strong><span>Pope says Trump's war threat 'truly unacceptable'</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The police union threw its support behind the proposal.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Their punishment should better reflect the serious danger their actions have placed our police and the community in," police union secretary Wayne Gatt said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We cannot have people where they continue, like last night, to drive on highways and freeways at 300km/h, putting the community at risk without consequence," shadow police minister Brad Battin said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Transport Infrastructure Minister Gabrielle Williams called the pledge a "back-of-the-envelope policy".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"To be frank, this is already effectively law in Victoria, so it's a bit embarrassing for Jess Wilson and the Liberals that this is the policy position they've come out with today," she said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><em><span>NEVER MISS A 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